Bill Text: TX SB376 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-01 - Referred to Finance [SB376 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB376-Introduced.html
  85R5204 TJB-D
 
  By: Creighton S.B. No. 376
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a
  residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 23.23(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 25.18 and
  regardless of whether the appraisal office has appraised the
  property and determined the market value of the property for the tax
  year, an appraisal office may increase the appraised value of a
  residence homestead for a tax year to an amount not to exceed the
  lesser of:
               (1)  the market value of the property for the most
  recent tax year that the market value was determined by the
  appraisal office; or
               (2)  the sum of:
                     (A)  the following applicable percentage [10
  percent] of the appraised value of the property for the preceding
  tax year:
                           (i)  three percent if the appraised value is
  $1 million or less; or
                           (ii)  five percent if the appraised value is
  more than $1 million;
                     (B)  the appraised value of the property for the
  preceding tax year; and
                     (C)  the market value of all new improvements to
  the property.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to the appraisal for ad
  valorem taxation of residence homesteads for a tax year that begins
  on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018, but only
  if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2017, to authorize the legislature to set a lower
  limit and provide for more than one limit on the maximum appraised
  value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation is approved
  by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters,
  this Act has no effect.
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